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A prank call led local law enforcement officers to the home of Georgia Representative Marjorie Taylor Greene early Wednesday morning in what her office described as a "political attack on her family and home."
Greene tweeted Wednesday that "she was swatted just after 1 a.m." and expressed her gratitude to the Rome Police Department in Floyd County, Georgia. On Wednesday morning, police confirmed the swatting incident in a press release that included a redacted report on the incident.
"Swatting" often refers to the harassment or deception of emergency personnel in order to get authorities to go to a particular residence.
"Right now, Congresswoman Greene's safety is our number one concern," Greene spokesperson Nick Dyer told Newsweek, adding that "whoever committed this violent crime will face the full extent of the law."
Rome police officials were dispatched to what turned out to be Greene's home at about 1:04 a.m. local time after an emergency call made through a Virginia crisis line referred to a male who had been shot five times in a bathtub. The call mentioned that a female was purportedly inside the home, possibly with children.
When numerous officers assembled and rang the doorbell, they were "met at the door by the victim (Greene)" who assured authorities that there was no issue and that a "keep check" would be done on the residence.
Then, another suspect made a call and allegedly told police that they made the original 911 call using a computer-generated voice, explaining the motives behind the call were related to Greene's statements regarding "transgender youth rights" and "that they were trying to SWAT her."
The suspect also reportedly said they were affiliated with a cyberstalking website called kiwifarm.net and included their username "AltisticRight." The address of the call was listed in Richmond, Virginia.
The Rome Police Department Criminal Investigation Division is working in conjunction with the Capitol Police on this investigation, authorities said, and due to it being an active investigation, no further information is being released at this time.
A "back the blue" defender, Greene's praise of local law enforcement comes on the heels of recent words of disdain toward federal law enforcement agencies. In the wake of the FBI's raid of former President Donald Trump's Mar-a-Lago residence, the first-term representative running for reelection this year has suggested the FBI "planted evidence" on Trump's property and has also tweeted to "defund the FBI."
On her MTG:Live online show two weeks ago, she went so far as to call FBI informants associated with the documents at Trump's home "traitors" who are "helping the deep state."
"These are the enemies within, these are the real enemies, and they are there to purposely create something against President Trump that is not there," Greene said.
She has also called for the agency "to be purged of individuals" following reports that it identified a series of groups and their logos as being indicative of "militia violent extremism" in a leaked training document Greene has referred to as "shocking and completely wrong."
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